The Ithacan

Ithaca’s March for Our Lives event was one of 846 marches to protest gun violence and promote legislative gun control on March 24.

The four recipients of the 10th annual Izzy Award from the Park Center for Independent Media — journalists Lee Fang, Sharon Lerner, Dahr Jamail and Todd Miller — were announced March 13.

The board will be releasing an announcement with the approved budget prior to their next meeting in May.

A West Tower fire alarm went off at 10 p.m. Feb. 15 because of discharged fire extinguishers. A SCC Fire Safety Related Offense investigation is being pursued.

Cornell University fraternity Zeta Beta Tau has been put under probationary recognition for two years by the university for a hazing competition.

“I stand here with you, continuing to have the courage to share with you who I am as a person and certainly as your leader,” Collado said.

Ithaca College announced the members of its search committee for vice president for Finance and Administration Jan. 4.

IC hired a new executive director for government and community relations on Dec. 20, three months after announcing the creation of the position.

“After he kept talking over me, I didn’t keep trying, because I knew it was going to happen again,’” Friebis said.

The college joined this program as a result of President Shirley M. Collado’s personal connection to the program.

The atmosphere was filled with enthusiasm and excitement in contrast to the typically more reserved ceremony in the past.

Jewish Holocaust survivor Samuel Rind spoke to approximately 50 students, faculty and community member on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.